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City Fountain monument

City Fountain monument from directly overhead

City Fountain monument is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Short Mountain stands 500 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Heart of the Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Historic City Fountain at Mulberry and Derry Streets, used to allow horses to drink after making the climb up from the Mulberry Street Bridge to Allison Hill

How to reach it

Coordinates40.26312, -76.86970

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Vernon Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • 14th & Shoop Streets Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Royal Terrace Park: 0.4 mi
  • Soldier's Grove: 0.6 mi
  • Shipoke Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 58
Artworks: 41
  • The Gallery at Walnut Place: 0.6 mi
  • Boies Penrose Statue: 0.7 mi
  • John F. Hartranft Statue: 0.7 mi
  • Harrisburg Giants mural: 1.2 mi
  • Andrew Curtin statue: 1.7 mi
Gardens: 24
  • Heart of the Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Joshua Farm: 0.5 mi
  • GUI Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Sunken Gardens: 1.2 mi
  • Peffer Street Pollinator Garden: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Springs: 10
  • Spring Lake Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Eichelberger Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Orr's Bridge Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Pine Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Spring Creek Springs: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Original Carrousel Circle: 11.4 mi
  • Hemlock Grove: 18.1 mi
  • Minnich's Hit Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
  • Rowland Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Quitte Creek Nature Park: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Concrete Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of City Fountain monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainNNE 19°500 m23.3 mi
Stony MountainNE 34°491 m17.2 mi
Third MountainNNE 16°488 m11.3 mi
Buck Ridge TowerWSW 238°488 m24.7 mi
Long MountainSW 227°479 m17.8 mi
Hammonds RocksSW 236°462 m24.1 mi
Mount HollyWSW 237°459 m21.0 mi
Berry MountainN 7°435 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4419:20
June solstice05:3920:0020:41
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2716:0216:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139516171757365534234
Precip in2.92.83.93.94.04.04.84.34.63.82.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg 1 NE, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10136021840

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